-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA512 gq: > Access to tails does not depend on any specific transfer protocol > such as torrents correct? > > Could it not be made available on a hidden service, a website. an > email or ftp server within tor?
An http hidden service with the .onion link in Tor docs might be an obvious choice. > > On 11/4/2013 11:45 PM, Nelson wrote: >> From all that I have read in these lists not all exit nodes are >> configured exactly the same, so some level of traffic control is >> being rightly exercised by the operator(s). For any given reason >> be it moral, ethical or legal many well known ports are being >> blocked, as was previously discussed, as an example by setting up >> a "white-listing" config rather than blacklisting, and these >> white-listed ports exclude known ports used by Torrent sites. The >> choice to configure the exit node should be left to the operator >> based on their own legitimate preference and criteria. >> >> The argument to "what if" is indeed relative to the level of >> control and access to legitimate torrents such as "Tails", and >> therefore any argument against freedom of access to legitimate >> content defeats the purpose of Tor. This is not really an issue. >> I'll ask a stupid question: "what comes first, the chicken or the >> egg?" If you have access to Tor client in the first place and >> want to download Tails, where's the problem? >> >> ..and if you don't have Tor client installed in the first place, >> where do you get it, so "they" (mel gibson quote) don't know >> >> On 11/4/2013 5:23 PM, Kevin C. Krinke wrote: >>>> On Nov 4, 2013, at 7:13 PM, Nelson <[email protected] >>>> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: >>>> >>>> I do believe there is a benefit to Torrents as many of us can >>>> attest to, ex: fast downloads of different Linux distros; but >>>> if your use of Torrents is in fact legit then why use Tor for >>>> downloading your legal content in the first place? This >>>> doesn't pass the smell test. >>> What about someone in a highly censored locale that wants to >>> download a copy of Tails or TBB without "them" knowing? >>> >>>> +1 for restricting bandwidth >>> For the record, my exit node does limit the ports as per the >>> reduced exit policy [1] and I'd happily open it up wide if I >>> could throttle just the torrenting to a minimally-usable level. >>> However, I honestly don't think it's realistic to spend so much >>> effort to solve the throttling of torrents when those efforts >>> could be better spent elsewhere [2]. >>> >>> Just my 0.00000000002BTC >>> >>> Cheers! >>> >>> -- Kevin C. Krinke <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> >>> GnuPG - 851662D2 - 0x18C67F61851662D2 >>> http://kevin.c.krinke.ca/851662D2.asc >>> >>> >>> [1] >>> https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/wiki/doc/ReducedExitPolicy >>> >>> >>> [2] No idea what would be better deserving but I'm sure there's plenty >>> of work in Tor-project-land that doesn't involve throttling >>> hard-target services. >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ tor-relays >>> mailing list [email protected] >>> https://lists.torproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tor-relays >>> >> >>> _______________________________________________ >> tor-relays mailing list [email protected] >> https://lists.torproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tor-relays > > _______________________________________________ tor-relays mailing > list [email protected] > https://lists.torproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tor-relays > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- iQEcBAEBCgAGBQJSeRnjAAoJED/jpRoe7/ujdScIAMMZldiP5IFc+7xuAiHc8E8r MSxsXTRVbKCeDLrqAKOqvMwOZg8Et+/IweUW3hXId85PcHp2qlEHf8mT/4/fiSvj h8JaoScccDXDyOqi7t9U2qa4o6fk8b/na/uSnRjfptkG1veHsByrw5NowrwjvMg4 s6rWDTJmZPrxVNPLZxb2XDW/yxW70LHK9Rjy2V5rJEt+LJEmEpqba+0eOmjWPIja y+fAIAZc9cWvX1gn9ZFol843jkrXOPp3lhG1h7etVewVBUYMNV1E9wvFCLxXMwj0 LQs06vIcKXNP4sQgXXS+NOqJ2xPuFumk8cRw4bS5IIAIZUX3T6fmHcj26toOU44= =Six9 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- _______________________________________________ tor-relays mailing list [email protected] https://lists.torproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tor-relays
